A VERY RARE MING BOUND WOODBLOCK-PRINTED ALBUM

WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A VERY RARE MING BOUND WOODBLOCK-PRINTED ALBUM
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
HE, Qiaoyuan. Ming Shan Cang. Famous Ministers of the Ming Dynasty, 1368 - 1619 AD.
The gilt speckled blue wrappers forming the front and back covers containing printed pages detailing the biographies of famous ministers of the Ming dynasty. One long side is stitched opposite a fore-edge painting depicting a vertically viewed mountain landscape scene. Accompanied by a folding brocade cover with a central panel cut into a ruyi-shaped head.
9 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (25.1 x 16.1 cm.)

Provenance

Emil Offenbacher, 1965
The Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 27 June 2006, lot 16

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Lot Essay

He Qiaoyuan (1558-1632) was a well-known historian of the late Ming Wanli period, whose magnum opus was published under the title of Ming Shan Cang. The entire series of this publication totalled 109 volumes, and recorded the history of the Ming dynasty rulers starting from the first Ming Emperor Hongwu (r. 1368-1398) to Longqing (r. 1567-1572). The present book lists the names and biographies of famous ministers who served under Emperor Yongle (r. 1403-1425).

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